Housing To Be Built On WSMN-Owned Land

[Sid Schweiger]

>>Today's Nashua Telegraph reports that the Nashua Zoning Board of
Adjustment has approved a plan to a 40 unit single family housing
development to be built on land located at 502 West Hollis St., land that is
owned by the 1590 Broadcasting Corporation, who own WSMN (1590 Nashua) and upon said land the station's studios and transmitter site are located. The article doesn't mention anything about how this will affect the operation of the station. One would have to guess that if the station isn't moving it's transmitter site, then these folks who buy these new houses will have a 3 tower directional array to look at. Or is this the end of WSMN? There really isn't much land left in the area to build a new 3 tower directional.<<

Let's hope this developer knows what he's getting into.  Building anything in the near-field of an AM directional requires an STA (and a partial proof when it's all done), and hopefully WSMN is going to hold the developer liable for all costs associated with putting the directional array right after the building is up.  Having been there, I can safely say that the bills mount up rather quickly.



Sid Schweiger
IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC
WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WQSX - WRKO - WVEI
20 Guest St / 3d Floor
Boston MA  02135-2040
Phone: 617-779-5369
Fax: 617-779-5379
E-Mail: sid@wrko.com